Improvement in ironing-tables



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Improved ONlNG N0. 120,296, Patente-d Oct. 24,187l.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. MALLORY, OF LA PORTE, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN IRONING-TABLES.

Specieation forming part of Letters Patent No. 120,296, dated October 24, 1871; antedated October 13, 1871.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. MALLORY, of La Porte, in the county of La Porte and State of Indiana, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Ironing-Tables; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the an- .neXed drawing making a part of this specification and to the letters and iigures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the Idrawing; is a representation of a central vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 2 is bottom view.

This invention consists in the production of a table especially adapted to the ironing of clothes, the object being to provide an ironing-table the top of which will be le\y el when in position for use, the height of which may be regulated by suitable means, and the supports of which may be folded up when not in use for convenience Where room is an object, and in carrying.

Referring to the drawing, A represents the top of the table, which is in the form shown, being tapering, rounded at the ends, and wider at one end than at the other. On the under side of the top A are formed or attached the projections b and b', to which are pivoted the supports c and c', which are connected by the cross-piece l at their lower ends. The projections b and b are near the middle of the length of the table; also, on the under side of the top A, near its large end, are formed or attached the projections e and of, through which, and through the end of the brace g, is passed the pin f, the ends of the pin projecting under the ends i i of the supports h and h, which are notched, as at t and i', to allow them to slide backward and forward the length of the notch in bein g folded and unfolded, and to form shoulders as stops to rest against the pin j'. They are also connected at the other or lower end by the cross-bar k. The supports c and c and h and h are pivoted together by a rod, l, upon which they turn, about one-third of their length from their upper ends. The supports c and c are on the outer sides of the supports h and h', and turn on their -pivots in the projections b and b. A brace, g, is supported on the pin f, upon which it turns, and it has notches, as m, m1, and m2, to catch upon the rod lto adjust the height of the table by holding the supports in position at diiferent points, as may be required.

The supports and brace may be folded up against the under side of the top A, as shown in Fig. 2, for convenience 5 or they may be turned down and fixed in position, as shown in Fig. 1.

The cross-pieces (l and 7c may be so shaped as to have a iiat surface upon the ioor when either notch in the brace g is used.

I claim as my invention- The combination of the ironing-table A with the short supports c o', sliding supports h h', adjustable brace g, and pins f and L, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES H. MALLORY.

Witnesses:

WM. ANDREWS,

A. T. Buss. (91) 

